‘The President Has Been Shot’: Confusion, Disability, and the 25th AmendmentStanford University Press, 1994 - 424 pages This is a detailed study of the medical and political events surrounding the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan on March 30, 1981. |
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Cast of Characters | 11 |
The Assassin | 17 |
Before the Attack | 32 |
The Shooting and Its Aftermath | 48 |
The Presidents Men | 81 |
In the White House and the Hospital | 104 |
How Well Was the Presidents Condition Reported to the Nation? | 136 |
Laws on Succession | 313 |
Common terms and phrases
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References to this book
The Paradoxes of the American Presidency Thomas E. Cronin,Michael A. Genovese No preview available - 2004 |